Dump-wagon.



C. C. KING.

DUMP WAGON. APPLICATION FILED MAR.23| 1914- Patented (111116 '15, 1915.

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Attorneys.

THE NORRIS PETERS co. PHOTUJJTHQ. WASHING 70M 0. C.

C. 0. KING.

DUMP WAGON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. 19x4.

1,143,405. Patented June 15, 1915.

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Inventor;

Attorneys.

THE NORRIS PETERS (20.. PHOTO-LITHOL WASHINGTON. D. c.

CARLOS C. KING, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

DUMP-WAGON.

messes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1515.

Application filed March 23, 1914. Serial No. 826,691.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it lrnown that 1, (Demos C. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Dump-Wagon, of which the following. is specification.

his invention. relates to dump wagons, one of its objects being to provide a wagon type utilizing a body capable of rotating about its longitudinal axis in either direction, thus to dump the contents thereof, the said body being so weighted as to return automatically to its normal or active position after the Alurther object is to provide simple means for locking the body against rotation, said means the purpose of releasing the body to swing to either side.

Another object is to this type which'can be steered at either end, thus being easily guided when moved either forwardly orrearwardly.

A further object is to provide a dump wagon the body of which is supported close,

to the ground and can'be of much greater capacity than the ordin ry wagon bodies.

With the foregoing and-other objects in view which proceeds, theinvention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

.In the accompanying drawings the pie ferred form of the invention has beenshown. 7

In sald drawings z-F1gure 1 1s a side elevatlon of the dump wagon, the near wheels being removed and their spindles being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a plan View of one end portion of the wagon. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the wagon, one of the positions of the body while moving to 1dumping position, being indicated by dotted tines. tion through a portion of the Wagon. 5 is a section on line A-B Fig. 4':

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the aid by wheels 2 and arranged above each axle Fig.

discharge of its contents being readily actuated for provide a wagon of will appear asthe description 1g. 4 is a vertical longitudinal seces supported is a bolster 3, each axle being connected to the bolster thereabove by a king bolt l, each bolt extending through a socket member 5 and a ball member 6 which cooperate to form a bearing for the bolster theree above. Each king bolt also engages a tongue '2' extending into a slot 8 in the bolster, this tongue constituting a part of a bracket 8 which is secured upon a tongue 9 extending outwardly from the axle 1 at right angles thereto. An upwardly ex tending shaft 10 is joujrnaled in the bracket 8 and has secured to it diverging chains 11 attached to the adjacent bolster 3. Each shaft 10 may be rotated in any suitable manner, as by means of a hand wheel 12 so that one chain 11 can thus be paid out while the other is being taken up and, consequently, the tongue 9 and the axle to whichit is so cured will be caused to swing toward the right or to the left as desired, Braces 13 may connect the sides of the tongue 9 to the end portion ofits axle 1.

The end portions of the two bolsters are connected by side beams 14, the end portions of these side beams being extended downwardly to the bolsters while the intermediate portions oi the side beams are at such elevations as to allow the wheels 2 to swing partly thereunder and thus permit a comparatively short curve to be effected.

Each bolster is provided adjacent its center, with a bearing 15. These bearings shaped and has a weight 18 secured along the bottom thereof so that the open top of the body will be held normally uppermost. The body can be made of any desired material but is preferably formed of sheet metal suitably reinforced.

Upstanding from each bolster 3 are spaced segments 19 concentric with the trunnions 16, these segments being disposed in pairs. Pivotally mounted between the segments of each pair are dogs 20 located close to but at opposite sides of the center of t from the end of body 17 close to the open top thereof. Each dog 20 has an upstanding car 22 and the pivot pin 23 which extends through each dog at that end thereof remote from the pin engaging end of the dog, serves not only to hold the dog 20 to the segments 19 but also to secure to said segments a guide yoke 24.

Journaled on eachof the beams 1a is a longitudinal shaft 25 and extending from each end of each of these shafts is a crank arm 26. A chain 27 extends from each crank arm and upwardly through the adjacent guide yoke 24 to the ear 22 on the adjacent dog.

It will be apparent that under ordinary conditions, while the dogs 20 are in their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 5, the body 17 of the wagon will be held upright so that material contained therein will not be discharged. Should it be desired to empty the body 17 by turning said body to the right, one of the crank arms 26 at the right of the wagon is pushed outwardly and downwardly, thus causing the chains 27 connected to the actuated crank arm 26 to pull on the dogs to which they are secured. These dogs will thus be swung upwardly out of the paths of the pins 21 and the body 17 will thus be free to swing laterally and downwardly to the right until it assumes an inverted position at which time the said body will be emptied of its contents. As soon as, all of the contents of the body have been discharged, said body will gravitate back to its normal position under the action of the weight 18 and, as the dogs 20' are returned to their normal position by gravity as soon as the crank arms 26 are restored to their normal positions, it will be apparent that during the return movement of the body 17, the pins 21' will elevate the dogs 20 in the paths thereof and assume positions between the dogs as shown in Fig. 5. Thus the body will be again in position for further use. Obviously, the body can be rotated to the left as readily as to the right by actuating the proper crank arms 26 and dogs 20.

The wagon herein described can be used in connection with excavators and can be flopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the propelled by tractors or the like. It has also been found useful in grading and in hauling stone, gravel or other material used in road building. As the wagon is provided at each end with steering mechanism, it can be guided with equal facility whether pushed or pulled and can thus be easily moved back and forth along narrow paths.

WVhat is claimed is 1- 1. The combination with connected bolsters and segments disposed in pairs upon the respective bolsters, of a body supported by and between the bolsters and mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis, opposed dogs movably mounted between the segments, means outstanding from the ends of the body for engagement with the dogs to hold the body against rotatiomand separate means for actuating the dogs to release the body for rotation in either direction out of normal position. 1 V

2. A dump wagon including bolsters, side beams connecting the bolsters, a revoluble body having trunnions at its ends journaled upon the bolsters, segments disposed in pairs, th said pairs being connected to the respective bolsters and being concentric with the trunnions, opposed dogs pivotally mounted between the segments of each pair, outstanding projections upon the body and adapted to [)1'0160'6 between the dogs to hold the body against rotation, a shaft journaled on each side beam, means for rotating the shaft, and flexible connectionsbetween each shaft and the adjacent dogs for shifting the dogs out of holding positions when the shaft is rotated. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

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"Witnesses Janus A. Coornn, PAUL T. BLAIR.

Commissioner of E'atents,

Washington, D. G. 

